The Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship is available to qualified graduate students. It is created in honor of Gloria Barron, dedicated educator and tireless advocate for wilderness protection, and administered byThe Wilderness Society, a leading conservation organization based in Washington, D.C. The scholarship amount varies from year to year. Historically, The Wilderness Society has awarded $10,000 to graduate students to support their research and preparation of a paper on an aspect of wilderness. We strongly encourage proposals relating to climate change, as well as other topics regarding wilderness conservation.

Additional funding will be provided to pay travel expenses for the recipient to work with staff members of The Wilderness Society on this project. The Wilderness Society wishes to encourage the publication of this work in an academic journal or other appropriate medium and has additional funds to help cover expenses of publishing and publicizing the final paper.

The scholarship seeks to encourage individuals who have the potential to make a significant positive difference in the long term protection of wilderness in the United States. In the past, individuals like Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson have made that kind of lasting difference. They possessed all the skills needed to excel in their respective professions, but they also possessed something more: the courage and the vision to think afresh about how and why to protect our wild lands and the ability to communicate those ideas effectively to others.

For more information about the scholarship and how to apply, please visit ourwebsite.

The IDEA CETL’s vision is to be a world-class centre for excellence in learning, teaching and research in inter-disciplinary applied ethics. Since its inception it has developed significant Research and Professional Ethics Consultancy activity and has a lively programme of research seminars, research workshops and conferences to which its PGR students are expected to contribute.

STUDENTSHIP INFORMATION

The IDEA CETL intends to offer three Studentships in Applied Ethics, broadly conceived, to high quality candidates for its full-time or part-time PhD programme. The studentships are tenable for 3yr (f-t) or 5yr (p-t) from September/October 2013 and have both tuition and maintenance components: the tuition component will be equivalent to the full EU PhD fee and the maintenance component will be equivalent to that of the AHRC Doctoral award.

Although the Centre has many particular research strengths (listed in thefull advert), candidates with interests in any area of applied ethics, broadly construed, are warmly encouraged to apply. The IDEA CETL currently teaches in a wide range of areas. We would expect the PGR’s research to contribute to our expertise in at least one of these areas.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Candidates for PhD in the IDEA CETL are able to take advantage of a professional training and development scheme for postgraduates. The Centre will require successful applicants to undertake teaching for the Centre, paid at an hourly rate in addition to the scholarship stipend. The normal expectation will be in the region of 40 hours teaching a year, but up to 80 hours a year may be available. Studentship holders will be also expected to take a full role in the life of the Centre. IDEA CETL offers its PhD students financial support for conference attendance.

Closing date for receipt of applications for the studentships is Wednesday 3rd April 2013. Interviews are likely to be held in the week beginning May 13th.

ii) Complete an application for the scholarship. Applications should be made by e-mail to Sarah Gelcich (s.gelcich@leeds.ac.uk) and must include:

a two page CV

a 500 word PhD-proposal

a 300 word statement setting out the ways in which they see themselves contributing to the life and broader success of the IDEA CETL

Also arrange for 2 academic referees to submit references directly to the Centre.

All applications and references for the Studentship Application should be marked Studentships in Applied Philosophy at the IDEA CETL, and sent to Sarah Gelcich, IDEA CETL; University of Leeds; 8-12 Fenton Street; Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.

If shortlisted, you will be asked to submit two pieces of written work.

The McGill School of Environment invites applications from tenured professors who would like spend a minimum of 4 months of their sabbatical at McGill University’s School of Environment. The goal of this Award is to promote MSE collaborations with outstanding scholars of international stature in transdisciplinary environmental research.

The Scholar will be expected, at a minimum, to:

initiate or further develop collaborative, interdisciplinary environmental research with Jointly Appointed Faculty and/or Associate Members of the MSE;

give a research seminar on each of the two McGill campuses;

give a public lecture;

be present full-time at the MSE for at least 2 months within one of the two academic terms (Sept-Dec 2012; Jan-April 2013);

acknowledge the McGill School of Environment as the formal affiliation during the tenure of the award, and in publications that result from work conducted during the tenure of the award.

The Scholar will receive an honorarium of $1500 (Canadian) per month spent full-time at the MSE, and will be provided with an office, computer, email, internet and library connections, as well as limited secretarial support.

To apply for a Visiting Scholar position between June 2012 and May 2013, please submit an electronic application to Marilyn Scott by NOVEMBER 30, 2012. The application should include

a covering letter that indicates, the planned research activities to be undertaken, the benefits that are likely to arise for the applicant and for the McGill School of Environment and the proposed duration and starting date;

an up-to-date CV;

an example of titles for a research seminar and a public lecture; and a nomination letter from one or more MSE colleagues with whom the research collaboration will occur.

2nd Call For Essays
Deadline: September 30th, 2012

We are seekingFresh ideas, Freshly presented.

TheWeb of Life Foundation(WOLFoundation) is seeking submissions of essays to its annual competition that carries $2,000 in prize money: the winning entry will receive a cash prize of $1,500 while $500 will be awarded to the second placed entry. The shortlisted entries will be published as a book of collected essays.

WOLFoundation is a non-profit organization aimed at encouraging fresh thinking and clear, accessible, enjoyable writing on socio-environmental subjects. We are looking for ideas presented in a high quality, non-technical style. We welcome any opinion on environmental issues—be they for or against any particular debate or point of view.

We are looking for clear, compelling writing in the English language showing original thinking and new ideas. We welcome any form of writing—essays, fiction short stories or any other form of prose written in accessible, enjoyable, style.

Submission Requirements: Manuscripts must be written in English, double spaced, no longer than 2,000 words and contain no abstract, list of references, or footnotes. Images are allowed as part of the manuscript.

Fifty years ago, the world was rocked by the publication of a quiet tirade against the chemical industry. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring exposed the dangers and risks of everyday chemicals and commonplace practices; it launched the modern American environmental movements and also influenced similar movements all over the globe.

In commemoration of fifty years of Silent Spring, the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (in collaboration with the British Council, the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations, and the Consulate General of the United States, Munich) is soliciting essays from junior and senior scholars which analyze the impact and reception of Silent Spring as well as the legacy of Rachel Carson. Essays might address one or more of the following questions:

How has Silent Spring shaped environmentalism or environmental thought in various countries? How is it a global phenomenon?

What elements of Silent Spring have had the greatest impact on environmental leaders? Policy makers? Anti-environmentalists?

How is Silent Spring still relevant to current environmental debates?

How has the relevance of Rachel Carson’s writing changed over the decades since Silent Spring was published?

If Rachel Carson were alive today, what would she be writing about?

In the spirit of Carson’s own writing, submissions are encouraged to address an interested public with an approachable and provocative style. The RCC will be awarding both a junior and senior prize for the most outstanding essays:

Junior Prize: $1,000 for 1,000 words (or less); Open to students aged 13-18

The winning essays, as well as those which receive an honorable mention, will be published in a commemorative edition of the RCC Perspectives series, an occasional papers series available in print and online. Submissions are due via email to perspectives@carsoncenter.lmu.de.

The submission deadline is March 15, 2012.

Please also include a short biographical profile and indicate whether the essay is to be considered for the junior or senior prize. The essays will be reviewed by an international committee of scholars and writers. For questions, please submit queries to perspectives@carsoncenter.lmu.de.

"Talk of mysteries! Think of our life in nature — daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it — rocks, trees, wind on our cheeks! the solid earth! the actual world! the common sense! Contact! Contact! Who are we? Where are we?" —Henry David Thoreau